AI, Research & Entrepreneurship

AI-driven classroom analytics measuring real-time student attention through computer vision and deep learning — privacy-first by design.

• Built the detection pipeline; fine-tuned models; integrated ByteTrack
• Validated against manual COPUS annotations
• Showcased at the PSU Senior Project CCIS Expo
• Supervisors: Dr. Abrar Wafa, Dr. Zainab Masood

AI-powered smart glasses delivering offline, real-time diagnostic support to first responders in crisis-affected regions.

• First Place + Exceptional Innovation Award — King Salman Relief & Alfaisal University Hackathon 2025
• Featured at the UNDP-led Human Capital Initiative Dialogue
• Team lead — with the support of Dr. Noor Alsaadoun

A sustainable AI chatbot preserving and promoting Saudi cultural heritage through dynamic, culturally aware conversations.

• Two novel datasets from trusted, verified sources — 93.3% accuracy
• Evolved from course project into a publication and functional product
• Presented at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference
• Aligned with Vision 2030 and UN SDGs 4 & 11 — Supervisor: Dr. Heyfa Ammar

A deep learning model predicting WHO-5 wellbeing scores from occupational and commuting data of 813 participants.

• SHAP explainability revealed commute mood and job satisfaction outweigh commute duration
• Addresses critical gaps in regional mental health modeling
• Presented at WiDS — Supervisor: Dr. Abrar Wafa

Project manager of a high-performing AI model detecting visual pollutants (potholes and more).

• 77.71 Mean Average Precision on unseen images
• Active learning pipeline for near-automatic labeling; transfer learning, TTA, cascade ensembling

Led research on AI's impact on national identities and cultural communication, focused on Saudi Arabia.

• Finding: 73.2% of participants believe intelligent technologies can protect cultural heritage
• Outputs: "The Kingdom's Journey in AI" booklet + an interactive cultural AI application

A video game feature assessing generalized anxiety disorder in adolescents — the project that started it all.

• Adapted the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale into Minecraft: Story Mode scenarios
• Surveyed 500+ peers; tested 35 participants; results tracked the established scale
• 3rd Place worldwide, Behavioral Sciences — Regeneron ISEF 2021 + American Psychological Association Award
• Featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Innovation for Good: Game Changers

• The Big Digital Pitch — First Place (intercollegiate final of 10, PSU, 2023): a solution for OCD and the social stigma around it
• Monsha'at Academy — "From Idea to Innovation" bootcamp (2021)
• SDA Hemmah Game Development BootCamp — youngest in the Kingdom's first batch (2021)
• Saudi Leadership Society delegation to Shenzhen, China (Dec 2025): Huawei, Tencent, DJI, Meituan, Unilumin — studying how innovation ecosystems let ideas survive and scale

• Computer Vision Internship — Robotics & Internet-of-Things (RIOTU) Lab (2025), with Dr. Abrar Wafa and Prof. Wadii Boulila
• Talmatha Research Program — Mawhiba's competitive program for gifted researchers (2020)
• Technology Consulting internship (AI & Data Science) — EY (2026, completed): AI-driven client engagements, model development, experimentation, solution validation — with real impact on client projects